Tag: Division of Market Oversight

March 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC staff provides relief associated with swap trade confirmations

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) issued a no-action letter extending relief associated with swap trade confirmation requirements that previously was provided in CFTC Staff Letter 16-25, which expires March 31, 2017. The letter extends the relief until the effective date of any revised CFTC regulations regarding trade confirmation…

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October 13, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC Releases Rule Enforcement Review of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. and the Commodity Exchange, Inc.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) has announced that it has issued the results of a rule enforcement review of the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Commodity Exchange (NYMEX and COMEX or exchanges). The review, which covered a one-year target period, evaluated the exchanges’ market surveillance programs and…

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May 15, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Australia’s Yieldbroker Pty gets exemption from SEF license extended until mid-August

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced the issuance of a no-action letter extending the conditional time-limited relief provided in CFTC No-Action Letter No. 13-76 for Australian-based trading platform Yieldbroker Pty Limited (Yieldbroker). This is no surprise here as authorities across Europe and the United States have been lenient…

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